Chords for Jimmie Dale Gilmore ~ Just A Wave, Not The Water

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The first is not the answer, oceans come and go.
I [F] loved her seven seas worth.
Lord, I loved her so, she [C] let me down so easy.
One slow drop [G] in the mind. _ _ _ _
I [C] would have killed myself, but it made no sense.
[F] Committing suicide, _ been [D] self-deceived, but [C] I lost. _ _ _
_ Everything [F] I brought.
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When she [G] said, babe, _ you're just a wave, you're [C] not the water.
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And centuries _ ago, we were living on the Gold [F] Coast.
She was doing well with the long gone coal [C] boats.
I was only trying to turn back the tide [G] of her fear. _ _ _ _
I [C] felt like an endless ocean, rolling through the fog.
_ [F] Full emotion, dripping like a weathered evening log.
I [C] even thought _ that _ _ I [F] had lost. _ _ _ _
When she [G] said, babe, _ you're just a wave, _ [C] you're not the water.
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I said, someday we'll love again, then you'll know the score.
I [Dm] taught you [F]
everything I know, and maybe even more.
[C] That's true, she said, _ more than you [G] ever will.
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I said, [C] I've been your raging river, precious African queen.
[F] I've shown you everything that I've ever seen, [C] but she knew _ _ _ _
more than [F] I had taught her. _ _ _ _
When she [G] said, babe, _ you're just a wave, you're [C] not the water. _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ Well, I followed her far and wide with all of my will.
_ [F] Water on the move, you know it never stands still.
[C] And I moved every muscle just to prove it [G] can be done. _ _
_ _ _ [C] Then off some old sad river, where snow white lilies float.
[F] I came to her for mercy, but I hardly rocked the boat.
She [C] seemed surprised _ that _ _ _ I [F] had caught her.
When _ _ _ [Dm] she said, [G] babe, _ you're just a wave, you're not [C] the water. _ _
_ _ She [D] said, [G] babe, _ you're just a wave, you're not [C] the water. _ _
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